Trails
Interesting Ruin
The sculpture, Interesting Ruin, was cast by the artist directly from a local ruin. The ruin was fabricated in the 1800s by partially demolishing an existing 17th century building and planting vines that would subsequently cover it. This was a common practice around this time, carried out in order to create so called “interesting ruinsâ€. The sculpture consists of bricks from the decaying building encased in climbing vines. Both bricks and vines were cast in rust-red Jesmonite, the iron colour reflecting the industrial legacy of East Dunbartonshire and the many rust-red rivers or creeks still running through the landscape. The colour was also chosen to act as a contrast to the green environment, as well as an echo of the fallen autumn leaves at Redmoss.